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321jim
321jim

I'm not sure whether to take this drug and would be interested to know how many people have taken it without experiencing any side effects (except perhaps dizzyness)

If it helped you and you have not had any particular side effects I'd appreciate if you could let me know by leaving a posting to that effect.

Thanks.

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  • Guest
    Guest

    Posted

    [quote:9647f6ee7e=\"321jim\"]I'm not sure whether to take this drug and would be interested to know how many people have taken it without experiencing any side effects (except perhaps dizzyness)

    If it helped you and you have not had any particular side effects I'd appreciate if you could let me know by leaving a posting to that effect.

    Thanks.[/quote:9647f6ee7e]1927 Taken for the last three years. only side effect runny nose. But I'm having cataract op and was told to lay off for 2 weeks!! No way!! Apparently it makes the Iris \"floppy\"and can cause a problem to the Surgeon

  • Guest
    Guest

    Posted

    Have been prescribed this drug for some 3 months now following an admission to A&E with chronic urine retention. Apart from intially having unexpected and slightly painful erections (which could have been related to the A&E catheterisation), I have only experianced slightly blocked sinuses but even this is variable in occurence. Overall benefits far outweigh the very minor disbenefits to-date.
  • NikTheMod
    NikTheMod 321jim

    Posted

    Hi 321jim,

    After a Prostatitis event in 2006, basically not being able to urinate, I was put on Tamsulosin and have been on it to this day. I have suffered with retrograde ejaculation, but this doesn't happen all the time, in fact it is quite rare. There was one occasion about 5 years ago, that I experienced having unusual orgasms, in fact it was like I had no sensation....I made the decision to stop taking Tamsulosin, but after a few months, my urine started to slow down. I asked the doctor if I could go back on them and I did and it made things better again. I never experienced the Orgasm thing again, and as I say, only now and then get retrograde ejaculations. I get no other side effects and I definitely would not stop taking these again. 

  • dave19275
    dave19275 321jim

    Posted

    I've been taking this about a year with no significant side-effects, apart from retrograde ejaculation, which you can get used to.
  • alanatcroydon
    alanatcroydon 321jim

    Posted

    I understand that Tamulosin is usually prescribed (as in my case) to reduce the size (in older men) of the prostate, which begins to press on the bladder and makes us go more often to the loo.  To that extent it works for me during daytime and I have had no side effects from it.

    BUT the prostate makes the seminal liquid which lunbricates our orgasms. If I take Tamulosin too close (ie the day of) expected sex), no liquid comes out and I get a dry ejaculation.  From comments I read on this board, I am not alone in this.

    • dave19275
      dave19275 alanatcroydon

      Posted

      That's not correct; Tamsulosin doesn't reduce the size of the prostate, it's a smooth muscle relaxant that relaxes the muscles in the neck of the bladder and in the prostate to ease the passage of urine.

      A drug often used to reduce prostate size is Finastride which affects prostate growth.

      If you're taking Tamsulosin, the prostate still makes the same contribution to seminal fluid (about 30%), but because of the relaxation of the smooth muscle in the area, the path to the bladder isn't closed off when you ejaculate, so the fluid is often squeezed the wrong way, into the bladder, instead of down the urethra. Hence the name 'retrograde' (backwards) ejaculation.

    • alanatcroydon
      alanatcroydon dave19275

      Posted

      Thanks. Muscle relaxant is another way of describing what I am told the drug's effect is on the prostate and then the bladder.

      As I was snipped many years ago, the prostate is my sole source of seminal fluid.  So, if it goes in the wrong direction, I get nothing out.

  • adrian69810
    adrian69810 321jim

    Posted

    If you currently have an active sex life avoid taking this drug has a terrible effect of causing loss of ejaculation.
    • dave19275
      dave19275 adrian69810

      Posted

      Surely it's only 'terrible' if you're trying for a family. Otherwise, it sex is just a bit less messy. You still ejaculate, but it goes up into the bladder instead of the other way.
  • jeff55592
    jeff55592 321jim

    Posted

    Have been taking Tamulosin fo some 7 weeks now, the only side effects I have experienced are a dry mouth, and if I climb a steep hill rapid heartbeat can occur, (I am a Rambler).

    I can still ejaculate, but have noticed that the result is much clearer than previous.

    Having said that, I am still having continual discomfort and sometimes peeing is also a problem.  I do not think that this medication is actually working for me.

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